Jurgen Klopp to play Christian Benteke for Liverpool at Chelsea

Jurgen Klopp is ready to play Christian Benteke against Chelsea after the Liverpool striker came through training without a negative reaction.

The Belgium international came off the bench last weekend to score his team's goal in their 1-1 draw with Southampton at Anfield in the Premier League.

Benteke then missed the 1-0 Capital One Cup win over Bournemouth on Wednesday as a precaution but Klopp has confirmed he is ready to return at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

That comes after the player himself said on Friday morning he felt his injuries problems, which have plagued him since his summer move from Aston Villa, are behind him.

Klopp said: "The injury situation is better than yesterday. Christian trained quite normally with one of our fitness coaches so he is prepared for tomorrow.

"I would say that's the only thing that's changed. Kolo [Toure] - it's not serious but it's not enough for tomorrow."

Liverpool's medical department has come under scrutiny because of the volume of serious injuries encountered in recent weeks.

After Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger defended his own doctors and physios, Klopp has done the same on Merseyside with his own.

He added: "I think this is one of the departments that works perfectly. Everything is fine. They are working hard, Chris [Morgan] and his team.

"There is no doubt from my side after two and a half weeks. If you look at the kind of injuries we have had, you know it's nothing to do with the medical department.

"It's because of hits or other things. It's normal in football. Nobody wants to wait but we have to wait because recovery and rehab needs time."